2020 Football Roster
Azeez Ojulari
- Position:
- OLB
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 240
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Marietta, Ga.
- High School:
- Marietta
Career Highs
* 6 tackles vs. Vanderbilt & South Carolina, 2019
* 3 QB sacks vs. Cincinnati, 2021 (2020 season)
* 3 TFL vs. Auburn, 2020; vs. Cincinnati, 2021 (2020 season)
* 10 QB pressures vs. Tennessee, 2019
* 2 pass breakups vs. Alabama, 2020
2020: Phil Steele All-America Fourth Team selection...semifinalist for the Chuck Bednarik Award, which goes annually to the nation’s top defensive player...All-SEC Second Team by the league's 14 head coaches and the Associated Press...named to the AP All-Bowl Team...started in all 10 games...finished with 31 total stops, including 12.5 for lost yardage (tops in the SEC) and 8.5 QB sacks (also SEC best)...led team with 35 QB pressures, 11 more than any other teammate...Defensive MVP of the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl...had four solo tackles in the Bulldogs' win over Cincinnati, three of which were QB sacks...two of those sacks resulted in fumbles, the first recovered by UGA and the second ended the game with a safety...five tackles vs. Tennessee included two QB sacks...also forced and recovered a fumble on the first QB sack...named SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week after Tennessee game...had five tackles, a QB sack for an 8-yard loss, two more tackles for lost yardage and five QB pressures in Georgia's win over Auburn...had a QB sack for 9-yard loss on Mississippi State's final offensive play of the game, a 4th down conversion attempt from near midfield...credited with two tackles in season-opening win at Arkansas...named to the mid-season, expanded Watch List for the Chuck Bednarik Award, given annually to the nation's top defensive player...named to the pre-season watch list for the Butkus Award (nation's top LB)...named one of three team captains for the Alabama, Miss. State and South Carolina games...named to the 2020 SEC Community Service Team.
2019: Won two awards at team’s post-season awards gala: Defensive Most Improved (co-winner) and Leon Farmer Strength & Conditioning Award...played in every game, starting in 13...finished with 36 total stops, including a team-best 5.5 sacks and a team-high 34 QB pressures...had 10 QB pressures in the Tennessee game...was named one of three team captains for the Tennessee game, becoming the first freshman in the Smart era to earn that honor...his five tackles in Sugar Bowl win over Baylor included a third-quarter QB sack and forced fumble on fourth down...had five tackles, including a solo QB sack for a 10-yard loss, and three QB pressures vs. Florida...had four pressures vs. Arkansas State...assisted in QB sacks in both Murray State and Arkansas State games...one of four winners of Coffee County Hustle Award after Spring practice.
2018: Redshirted...saw his first collegiate action vs. Middle Tennessee State and had one tackle for lost yardage...also saw fourth-quarter action vs. Georgia Tech...played extensively in Sugar Bowl vs. Texas and had three tackles.
High School: Marietta, coached by Richard Morgan...selected to represent the East in the 2018 U.S. Army All-American Bowl...247sports.com four-star prospect...Ranked as the #10 weakside DE nationally, #144 overall prospect and #18 prospect in Georgia...PrepStar Magazine three-star prospect and a member of the PrepStar All-Southeast Region Team...ESPN.com four-star prospect, #244 prospect nationally, #13 OLB in nation, #31 overall prospect in the state...Rivals.com four-star prospect, #173 prospect nationally, #7 WDE and #21 prospect in Georgia...2017 Marietta Daily Journal Dynamite Dozen...led Marietta to the semifinals of the GHSA 7A State Playoffs as a senior...recorded 118 total tackles, including 92 solo, with 11 sacks and 31 tackles for loss...played on the Savage Pro team at Nike’s The Opening 2017 Finals...posted 103 tackles, eight sacks and 17 tackles for loss his junior season...also lettered in basketball at Marietta.
Personal: Full name AZEEZ O. OJULARI...intended major: Sport Management...recipient of the Don Leebern, Jr. and Don Leebern III Scholarship.
